Director of Infrastructure

Nicely Co.; Tulsa (OK); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Nicely Co. seeks a Director of Infrastructure to lead and shape dependable infrastructure, cloud operations, access controls, automation, monitoring, support, and resilience. This is an early-stage company where you’ll establish processes, set policies, and drive scalable systems.

You will partner with cross-functional teams, translate priorities into plans, and own the roadmap for infrastructure, with autonomy to influence budgets and hiring as the company grows.

Qualifications

• Experience leading infrastructure in an early-stage company or startup.
• Ability to translate business priorities into clear plans and decisions.
• Proven leadership and coaching skills with cross-functional collaboration.
• Strong written and verbal communication across specialist and non-specialist audiences.
• Commitment to security, confidentiality, accessibility, and inclusive collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Set direction for reliable infrastructure, cloud operations, access controls, automation, monitoring, support, and resilience.
• Translate priorities into documented plans, decisions, and measurable outcomes.
• Build lightweight, repeatable processes for an early-stage company that can mature over time.
• Collaborate across functions to resolve dependencies and deliver complete outcomes.
• Identify risks early, propose proportionate solutions, and escalate critical decisions.
• Maintain accurate documentation and handle company, customer, and employee information responsibly.
• Use evidence and feedback to improve quality, efficiency, and stakeholder experience.
• Communicate progress, constraints, priorities, and results clearly to teammates.
• Partner with Founder/CEO on company strategy, budgets, resource choices, and performance measures.
• Build the function's roadmap, operating policies, and future hiring plan.
• Develop future team members through clear expectations, coaching, and accountable leadership.
• Balance immediate execution with organizational resilience and scalable growth.

Skills

Infrastructure management

Cloud operations

Access controls

Automation

Monitoring

Leadership

Communication

Strategic planning

Risk management

Tools

Cloud platforms

Documentation tools

Job description

Director of Infrastructure

Lead and build Nicely Co.'s reliable infrastructure, cloud operations, access controls, automation, monitoring, support, and resilience as Director of Infrastructure, with meaningful ownership in an early-stage company.

Position overview

Nicely Co. is seeking a Director of Infrastructure to strengthen reliable infrastructure, cloud operations, access controls, automation, monitoring, support, and resilience. This role will turn company priorities into clear, dependable work while partnering directly with colleagues across functions.Nicely Co. is an early-stage company, so this position will help create the processes and internal systems behind the work, not merely inherit a mature playbook. The successful candidate will use sound judgment, communicate tradeoffs, and operate with appropriate autonomy.Responsibilities may evolve as the company grows. This is an opportunity to influence how the Infrastructure & IT function develops, establish useful standards, and leave behind systems that scale responsibly.

Responsibilities

• Set direction for reliable infrastructure, cloud operations, access controls, automation, monitoring, support, and resilience.
• Translate the priorities of the Director of Infrastructure role into documented plans, decisions, and measurable outcomes.
• Build lightweight, repeatable processes that fit an early-stage company and can mature over time.
• Collaborate across functions to resolve dependencies and deliver complete outcomes.
• Identify risks early, recommend proportionate solutions, and escalate consequential decisions.
• Maintain accurate documentation and handle company, customer, and employee information responsibly.
• Use relevant evidence and feedback to improve quality, efficiency, and stakeholder experience.
• Communicate progress, constraints, priorities, and results clearly to affected teammates.
• Partner with the Founder/CEO on company strategy, budgets, resource choices, and performance measures.
• Build the function's roadmap, operating policies, and future hiring plan.
• Develop future team members through clear expectations, coaching, and accountable leadership.
• Balance immediate execution with organizational resilience and scalable company growth.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated capability relevant to reliable infrastructure, cloud operations, access controls, automation, monitoring, support, and resilience.
• Judgment and ownership appropriate for the Director of Infrastructure scope.
• Strong written and verbal communication with both specialists and cross-functional partners.
• Ability to organize ambiguous work, make progress independently, and document decisions.
• Comfort building systems in an early-stage environment where priorities may evolve.
• Commitment to ethical conduct, confidentiality, security, accessibility, and inclusive collaboration.
• Previous leadership experience strongly preferred, including setting priorities and developing people.
• Experience managing resources, risks, and performance without relying on excessive process.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with modern methods and tools used in Infrastructure & IT.
• Experience in a startup, small business, or other resource-conscious environment.
• Evidence of improving a workflow, standard, product, service, or measurable outcome.
• Relevant education, certification, portfolio, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience establishing or substantially rebuilding a function.
• Experience advising executive decisions with clear analysis and constructive challenge.
• Flexible work arrangements where applicable.
• Opportunity to help build an early-stage company.
• Direct impact on company growth and operating quality.
• Cross-functional collaboration and professional development opportunities.
• Significant ownership over assigned responsibilities.
• Opportunity for responsibilities to expand as the company grows.